Dear friends and family, Today is the second day in Carcassonne recovering. We arrived here after riding two days in a row into a headwind of 20-30 MPH. Imagine pedaling hard, in a low gear, hands gripping the handlebars, while making headway at only about five MPH. I was riding far to the outside of […]
Canals, dreams, and plans part one Read More »
Dear friends and family, The combination of biking the canal path and meandering on country roads through tiny ancient towns suits me fine. So far it’s not too hilly, not too hot, not too long. Goldilocks conditions. We passed a couple of rowing clubs on the Canal. They paddle river kayaks and single and double
Kayaking, Agen and prunes Read More »
Dear friends and family, Charley’s slow weight loss method seems to be working. The routine is pretty simple: sleep well, eat croissants, baguettes, cheese, lunch meats followed by pastries all day. Perform a few strength and core exercises and watch the pounds fall off. Oh, did I forget to mention to pedal your heavily laden
Diet program, Hostel, Market day Read More »
Dear friends and family, Now after five days of riding the routines are setting in place and the legs and butt are adapting. We spent a couple of days at Lacanau Ocean, a resort town on the Atlantic coast. Nice to see the big views of the open Atlantic and the many surfers waiting for
Tourist season over, cranes and values Read More »
Dear friends and family, ” Dear, I’m off to the gym to ride the exercise bike for five and a half hours” Spouse responds ” shouldn’t you work your way up to that volume?” Me: ” just six months ago I could ride all day, so I’m sure I have muscle memory” ” It probably
First ride, Bonjour, Nakedness Read More »
Dear friends and family, I find myself sitting on an Airbus 330 about to fly over Greenland from my start in Seattle. Ready for another bike tour to another country. I have been training hard to get ready. My time in Wrangell always included plenty of time in their excellent community center with a good
Greenland? Fit or fat? Plans Read More »
Dear family and friends, I’m sitting here in my bunk drinking hot coffee from my special yellow mug. I awoke early, about 0555. I keep it dark in my bunk with a cloth over the overhead hatch because the sun rises so early here in the summer. I noticed an absence of light poking around the
What solo cruising feels like Read More »
Dear friends and family, It really didn’t take long, two short weeks of solid rain and then the barometer shows a huge rise and the sun returns. The forecast is for several days of this clear sky. Within a couple of hours in this sunny day, the boat is dry. We have been living without
Dear friends and family, A version of this quote about San Francisco has been debatably attributed to Mark Twain. It seems to fit our early start this year to cruising Southeast Alaska. It’s our first week ended and we have had rain every day and very little sun breaks. To explore we need to wear
Coldest winter I ever spent was summer in Southeast Alaska Read More »
Dear friends and family, This is what a transit day on a small boat is like in alaska: There have been many days getting ourselves and the boat ready for travel. We spent weeks doing maintenance and cleaning to have the ship systems ready and working for another season. We spent over $700 at Costco
One day in the life of cruising alaska Read More »